Counsel

You will be part of an international distributed team of lawyers with various backgrounds and expertise where English is used for both verbal and written communication. The team consists of smart positive people who always strive to deliver first-class legal support. Together with the other lawyers you will contribute to the development of Tink/Visa Open Bankings (VOB) legal and regulatory function. We offer a friendly and unpretentious atmosphere and we encourage you to contribute to the team with your experience and expertise. 
 
This role will challenge your legal acumen and analytical skills. You will be able to contribute to VOB reaching its goals by supporting VOBs product and commercial organisation with proactive and innovative legal advice. As part of our team you will have a unique opportunity to explore the intersection of business technology and regulation and shape the development of new financial technologies. 
 
As a Legal Counsel you are part of our legal team reporting to the VP Legal Open Banking and will also work closely with the commercial product and engineering teams. You may also work with our second-line compliance and risk control functions. You will also get the opportunity to work with our Visa colleagues located all over the world. 
 
Areas of responsibility: 

• Legal focus areas will include commercial contracts and regulatory frameworks primarily within payment services data privacy anti-money laundering consumer protection and marketing. Responsibilities may include: 
• Drafting reviewing and negotiating various customer and supplier contracts with focus on so-called PaaS/SaaS; 
• Supporting product development with legal advice; 
• Supporting the organisation with drafting and reviewing various other legal agreements and corporate and regulatory documents and filings; 
• Providing practical legal advice and training to your colleagues; 
• Supporting the development and maintenance of VOBs corporate and regulatory compliance programs; 
• Continuously developing and improving internal legal operations and processes;  
• Monitoring legal and regulatory trends and analysing their impact on VOB as well as our customers. 
• Individual areas of responsibility may be adapted based on your profile and strengths. 

 
What we look for:

Our innovative products and services require legal and regulatory innovation combined with high integrity and independence. To thrive in our team you must have the ability to adapt quickly to changes be creative and solution-oriented as well as down-to-earth. You need to be smart ambitious and always try your best. We believe that excellent communication skills and collaboration will create added value for VOB. Together with other team members you will create the legal framework and conditions that will enable VOB to achieve its goals. 

 

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications:

• Swedish-qualified lawyer
• Master of Laws (MLL) from a reputable university or law school
• Five years of relevant experience as in-house legal counsel and/or from a reputable law firm
• Excellent commercial contracts expertise preferably within PaaS/SaaS
• Strong business-orientation and ability to provide practical and actionable advice in a clear and friendly way  
• Excellent communication skills and a cooperative mindset aimed at adding value to the business will be very important
• Proficiency in written and spoken English (other major European languages would be considered a plus)
• Experience from tech and PaaS/SaaS providers is meriting

Additional Information :

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time